Worldly desires : cosmopolitanism and cinema in Hong Kong and Taiwan / Brian Hu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hu, Brian, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in East Asian film.

Edinburgh studies in East Asian film

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--China--Hong Kong--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Taiwan--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2018.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

With case studies of popular stars like Linda Lin Dai and Edison Chen, and spectacular genres like the Shaolin Temple cycle of martial arts films, the book explores what it meant to be both cosmopolitan and Chinese in the second half of the 20th century.

Contents:

Intro

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Notes on Romanization

Introduction

Chapter 1 Melodramas of Arrival and Departure: Jet-set Students in 1970s Taiwanese Romance

Chapter 2 ABCs, Mixed-race Stars, and Other Monsters of Globalization

Chapter 3 Setting the Stage: Hong Kong Musical Stars Take on the World

Chapter 4 All the Right Moves: Mobile Heroes and the Shaolin Temple Film

Chapter 5 The Cosmopolitan Brand: Film Policy as Cultural Work in the International Film Market

Conclusion

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 May 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4744-2848-7

1-4744-2847-9

OCLC:

1063826778